Good morning welcome to squawk alley. Joining me this morning, sarah eisen and mike santoli and the the senates new Health Care Plan in a joint statement, rand paul, ted cruz, mike lee and lee johnson say it doesnt do enough to repeal obamacare. Republicans can only afford two no votes the aarp, American Hospital association and others have also come out against this bill health care stocks, though, surging following the drafts release. Theyre on pace for the best week of the year maybe some profit taking today but still, more than 3 for the group overall. Walter, whats your prediction how does the next week unfold when it comes to health care on capitol hill well, i think that senator mcconnell is a very savvy operator i think he wins either way if he can pull this off and have a vote and have it succeed, thats fine. If not, he gets to move on to what i think he would consider or i would consider the more important parts of the agenda right now which is tax reform and infrastructure a
Can extend the agreement if necessary, we can increase the amounts that need to be reduced, or on the contrary, we can move to reduce them, but everything will depend on the ongoing situation. The white house defends donald trump jr. s meeting with a russian lawyer last year as a new report suggests he knew the person offering compromising information on Hillary Clinton had russian government ties. And open for business we speak to a number of frances top executives at the europlus conference as the chairman tells us brexit will be a boom for paris. We have now plenty of the elements in order to convince the uk to reach institutions which want to come back on the continent to paris well, its a mixed bag for the european open just an hour after trading starts, resulting overall in the stoxx europe 600 being down by around onefifth so far today lets have a look at how the individual european boards are opening up this morning, and we can see here that its actually well, the cac is pretty
Doing. Theyre in close contact with federal, state, and local officials. Theyll make sure we get the resources to those families as swiftly as possible. Again, i want to thank everybody here whos doing such a great job when it comes to the disaster response. The final message i just say is, you know, during the darkness of the storm, i think we also saw whats brightest in america. I mean, i think all of us obviously have been shocked by the force of Mother Nature as we watch it on television. At the same time, weve also seen nurses at nyu hospital carrying fragile newborns to safety. Weve seen incredibly brave firefighters in queens waist deep in water battling infernos and rescuing people in boats. One of my favorite stories is in north carolina. The coast guard going out to save a sinking ship. They sent a rescue swimmer out. The rescue swimmer said, hi, im dan. I understand you guys need a ride. You know, that kind of spirit of resilience and strength, but most importantly looking o
Maria oil and gold both rallied as investors celebrated the Federal Reserves move. And the signal only two more hikes may come this year. Technology stocks among the best performers. Facebook, alphabet, apple, all hitting alltime highs. The Trump Administration releasing s budget proposal. The white house is seeking a 54 billion increase in military and security spending. Its cutting spending for the epa and the state department. The proposal calls for 1. 5 billion for construction of the border wall. It facings significant revisions from the republicanled congress. Mark ruu terks s was reelected. Election in france and later in germany where rightwing candidates are hoping for upset victories. President trump and Angela Merkel met at the white house. But they made nice in front of the world at a joint News Conference friday. Our chief Management Strategy and equity strategists are here. Here we are approaching the end of the First Quarter. Things are looking good. The economy is impro
Maria oil and gold both rallied as investors celebrated the Federal Reserves move. And the signal only two more hikes may come this year. Technology stocks among the best performers. Facebook, alphabet, apple, all hitting alltime highs. The Trump Administration releasing s budget proposal. The white house is seeking a 54 billion increase in military and security spending. Its cutting spending for the epa and the state department. The proposal calls for 1. 5 billion for construction of the border wall. It facings significant revisions from the republicanled congress. Mark ruu terks s was reelected. Election in france and later in germany where rightwing candidates are hoping for upset victories. President trump and Angela Merkel met at the white house. But they made nice in front of the world at a joint News Conference friday. Our chief Management Strategy and equity strategists are here. Here we are approaching the end of the First Quarter. Things are looking good. The economy is impro